Happy Halloween 2011!

H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N

Creepy Pirate Zombie!!!

This Halloween, we joined our friends Matt and Vanessa for a neighbourhood party and "trick or treating". It was a fun afternoon and evening with fellow Canadians!

Little witch and the black kitty

Trick or Treat!

Tinkerbell

Andre & Erica

B O O !

Mosaic

The Fall Issue of Mosaic Available Online

We are excited to share this link for the latest issue of Mosaic which features articles on the current crisis in East Africa by Rupen Das, Paul Carline and Aaron. With photos in North East Province taken by Erica.

Sack Gardening in the

Iftin Unity Garden

Eastleigh Community Centre, Nairobi

To read the latest issue of Mosaic

Click Here

Or follow the link at Fall Mosaic_D4b.pdf

Growing

Vertical sack gardens doing well!

Over the past month, the Iftin ladies really don't need a watering can, as Eastleigh is getting almost daily rains. It may make the streets muddy, but all the rain has been great for the Iftin gardens.

Laura at work in her new office

Activities are going on as usual in Eastleigh. The ladies are back in full attendance within all of the Iftin projects. Presently, Erica and Laura are working on the final reporting for the Canadian Baptist Ministries pilot project that has funded the Iftin Women's Empowerment initiatives over the past three years. As this project comes to an end in December, we are already dreaming with the ladies about the future. We are excited to be working on what the next phase of the project will look like!

More new books and supplies for Iftin

Nelius teaching in the Iftin Literacy Class

Patrick, Laura and Erica

labelling new chairs donated by the

Fallingbrook Heights volunteers

Seed beds and sweet potatoes in the Iftin Unity Garden

Sack Gardens

Two local guys helping three of the Iftin ladies bring sack garden supplies to their home with a hand cart. We are so excited to see how many women are embracing the bag gardening project!

Nairobi Under Construction

Highway Construction in Nairobi

Over the past year, the investment in infrastructure in and around Nairobi has been incredible. Kenya is creating new by-pass roads (unfortunately, none are dual carriage ways), around and through the city. Of course, anyone familiar with road construction knows that it leads to detours and long traffic jams. Multiply that by a hundred and you have a bit of a picture of driving in Nairobi. Our 15 minute drive into Eastleigh can now take us 3 hours in the rain!

Security issues have become more intense in the city as Kenyan authorities carry out sweeps for Al Shaabab. Everyone is taking extra precautions, including our friends in Eastleigh. Our projects continue to go ahead, but we covet your prayers especially for the Iftin ladies and their children as they walk back and forth from the community centre.

We know that a lot of family and friends are seeing some pretty scary images in the media, but we want to reassure you that we are safe!